FKBP-type peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase SlyD

UniProtKB accession:  P0A9K9

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UniProtKB description:  Folding helper with both chaperone and peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) activities. Chaperone activity prevents aggregation of unfolded or partially folded proteins and promotes their correct folding. PPIases catalyze the cis-trans isomerization of Xaa-Pro bonds of peptides, which accelerates slow steps of protein folding and thus shortens the lifetime of intermediates. Both strategies lower the concentration of intermediates and increase the productivity and yield of the folding reaction. SlyD could be involved in Tat-dependent translocation, by binding to the Tat-type signal of folded proteins. The PPIase substrate specificity, carried out with synthetic peptides of the 'suc-Ala-Xaa-Pro-Phe-4NA' type (where Xaa is the AA tested), was found to be Phe > Ala > Leu.